The Digital Development Index of Global Higher Education(2023)—Infinite Possibilities:2023 Report on the Digital Development of Global Higher Education(Ⅳ)
In the current context of digital transformation has become the theme of higher education reform and development,monitoring and evaluation,as a"baton"to improve the quality of digital development,is a fundamental task.However,the exploration and practice mainly focus on some elements at the certain meso-level and micro-level,and there is still insufficient attention to the macro-level such as global and national digital development of higher education in the world.Therefore,it is necessary to take a global perspective,clarify the goals of the index for the digital development of higher education,follow the principles for formulating the development index,and standardize the content of the development index.This will form the Index for the Digital Development of Higher Education in the World.The"Index for the Digital Development of Higher Education in the World(2023)"refers to relevant research results and domestic and international practices,guided by the Digital Ecological Theory,analyzes the connotation of digital development in higher education and the construction of its indicator system under the guidance of digital ecologic theory.It adheres to the basic approach of combining theory and practice,and after multiple rounds of expert opinion solicitation and discussions by the expert committee,it finally determines four primary indicators:digital education,digital teaching,digital management,and digital security.These are further refined into 10 second-level indicators and 18 specific measurement indicators,reflecting the level of digital development in higher education and constructing a digital indicator system for higher education that conforms to the international discourse system and has Chinese characteristics.Finally,based on index calculations and result analysis,policy recommendations are proposed:optimize the digital education process,reconstruct a new digital higher education ecosystem;improve the quality of digital teaching,promote the wide application of digital technology in the field of education;formulate a comprehensive digital education strategy,enhance global digital management level;strengthen all-round digital education security to ensure the sustainable development of global digitalization;promote open cooperation in digital education,facilitate the sharing of global digital education resources;strengthen dialogue and communication in the field of digital education,and accelerate the formation of international consensus.
GlobalDigital educationDigital teachingDigital managementDigital securityDigitalization of higher educationDevelopment indexMonitoring and evaluationDigital ecological theory